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Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Illness Script Signs ... immunosuppressive therapy ... Can progress to MDS ... #management #treatment
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... clinical context and signs ... Anti-GBM, Anti-ds-DNA ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
particularly underlying renal ... , cessation of therapy ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... toxicology #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) - Overview
Types of CRRT
 • CVVHD - Continuous Veno-Venous hemodialysis -
Continuous Renal ... Replacement Therapy ... Indications: • AKI ... #Indications #Nephrology ... #Management
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... medical expulsive therapy ... , Obstruction, Anuria ... Monitoring for extra-renal ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) - ICU One Pager Summary
Indications (AIEOU):
 • A: Acidosis (usually severe metabolic)
Renal Replacement ... Therapy (RRT) - ... replacement therapy ... #RRT #managment ... #nephrology #CRRT
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... of arteries Management ... hours) for initial therapy ... #rheumatology #nephrology ... #diagnosis #management
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Modalities

RRT Modalities in the ICU:
 • IHD (Intermittent HD):  3-5 hr
Renal Replacement ... Therapy (RRT) Modalities ... replacement therapy ... #RRT #managment ... #nephrology #CRRT